Junior Mance has been a mainstream jazz piano master since the late 1940s, when he played and recorded with the innovative tenor saxophonist Lester Young. Appearances and records with other masters followed, among them singer Dinah Washington, and saxophonists Sonny Stitt and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, drummer Art Blakey and trumpeter Clifford Brown.

Long a leader, with 50 albums to his name, including 2008's "Blue Minor" (3D), blues-to-bop Mance returns to a favored haunt, playing tomorrow and Saturday, 6:30 and 8:45 p.m., at Shanghai Jazz, 24 Main St., Madison, where he recorded "Live at Shanghai Jazz" (Shanghai Jazz Entertainment). On tap will be everything from standards to warm ballads and deep blues, all offered most engagingly. No music charge; $20-$30 minimum at tables, $10/bar. Call (973) 822-2899 or visit shanghaijazz.com.